Shortly after the beginning of the all-round anti-Japanese war, Tianjin fell, and patriots from all walks of life in Tianjin carried out anti-Japanese activities in various ways. Tianjin patriotic young students formed an anti-Japanese rape and murder group (hereinafter referred to as the "anti-Japanese group"), carried out anti-Japanese propaganda based on the concession, planned a series of rape and murder activities, and wrote a magnificent anti-Japanese chapter.
"Most of the stories about the West Lake Hotel were told by my parents. There are traitors and patriots. " Today's Racecourse Road has long since lost sight of the original West Lake Hotel, but when it comes to the story that happened there, Mr. Lei, an old resident nearby, can still know a thing or two. It is understood that the West Lake Hotel was built by Tianjin famous businessman Yong Yu 1920, with first-class facilities and services, and celebrities such as Zhang Xueliang and Fu once lived here.
According to records, after the fall of Tianjin, Tao, the director of the Education Department of Hebei Provincial Government and the director of Tianjin Education Bureau, lived in the West Lake Hotel. 1938 After the school started in the autumn, the Anti-Union found that Tianjin Hongtu Bookstore had printed a new textbook, which contained the contents of Japanese attempts to poison teenagers. So after careful planning, the anti-group set fire to the bookstore. At that time, Zhu Youwei, a member of the anti-group, said: "We burned down the salesroom of Hongtu Bookstore, but it was not enough. We must also investigate the responsibility of the director of the pseudo-education department! " As a member of the anti-communist Boxer, Tao lives in the West Lake Hotel on Racecourse Road and often leaves the hotel at two o'clock in the afternoon to go out by car. So they lurked near the hotel in advance. As soon as Tao got on the bus, Sun Xiangde, another member of the Anti-Union League, rushed out in lightning speed and shot at Tao through the window, causing one of his eyes to be blind and then quickly evacuated. Sun Jianzheng, a researcher at the Party History Research Office of Heping District Committee, told reporters that the assassination of the West Lake Hotel was the first time that the anti-Japanese group took action against traitors, which dealt a heavy blow to the arrogance of Japanese lackeys.